ENTAC
Sign in to saveENTAC ("Engin Téléguidé Anti-Char") or MGM-32A was a French MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile. Developed in the early 1950s, the weapon entered service with the French Army in 1957. Production ended in 1974 after approximately 140,000 had been built.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.image
- ENTAC 56 501607 fh000001.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300px
- Weapon.caption
- Cut-away of an early Model 56 ENTAC missile
- Weapon.name
- ENTAC
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank missile
- Weapon.origin
- France
- Weapon.launch_platform
- individual
- Weapon.manufacturer
- DTAT & Aerospatiale
- Weapon.design_date
- 1950s
- Weapon.production_date
- 1957–1974
- Weapon.service
- 1957
- Weapon.used_by
- (see below)
- Weapon.diameter
- 152 mm
- Weapon.wingspan
- 375 mm
- Weapon.length
- 820 mm
- Weapon.weight
- 12.2 kg
- Weapon.speed
- 100 m/s
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Development
- Design
- Operational history
- Australia
- France
- India
- Iran
- Israel
- Lebanon
- South Africa
- United States
- Models
- Operators
- Former operators
- Notes
- External links
ENTAC ("Engin Téléguidé Anti-Char") or MGM-32A was a French MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile. Developed in the early 1950s, the weapon entered service with the French Army in 1957. Production ended in 1974 after approximately 140,000 had been built.
==Development== The missile was developed by the French Government agency - DTAT (Direction Technique des Armements Terrestres) at the same time as the private industry SS.10. Development time for the ENTAC was longer than the SS.10, so it did not enter service until 1957. It proved to be a great improvement over the SS.10, which had entered production five years earlier. Once fully developed and tested, production of the ENTAC was given to the firm of Aerospatiale. The ENTAC was designed to be a man-portable weapon or operated from a small vehicle like the Jeep, replacing the Nord SS.10 in French service.